It Turns Out the Guy Who Caught All 151 Pokémon Is a Cheater

Posted on Jun 05, 2017

Remember Nick Johnson, the first guy who claimed that he finished Pokémon GO and caught all the Pokémon in the US in only 2 weeks?

If you've ever played Pokémon GO, you know that leveling up gets harder after level 20 and that the highest level is 40. Nick got to level 31, and he caught 142 Pokémon, but couldn't fully complete the game because some Pokémon could only be found in countries outside the US.

Recently, some news shook the Pokémon GO world. A fan on Reddit claimed that he caught 151 Pokémon and that he got to level 40, completing the whole deck. Did he travel around the world to finish the game? Not exactly. He cheated, and here's how he did it.

It's Incredibly Hard to 'Catch 'Em All'

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There are 151 Pokémon in the game, although most people can only catch 142 because the remaining 9 are extremely rare.

They can only be found in distant areas such as Japan, Europe, and even Australia. Which means that, to complete the game without cheating, you'd have to travel a lot.